I always find it interesting when our perceptions of how things work do not match up with reality. We were in a meeting not long ago with a large customer, discussing their encryption deployment, and a simple exchange highlighted a common misunderstanding of data protection: Us: “You may want to consider application level data protection so that your data is not in the clear when it leaves the database.” Customer (CEO): “What do you mean our encrypted data is […]
“…to subpoena-proof the cloud!” We had asked one of our largest customers what they were looking to accomplish with the deployment of our application-level data protection software. This was their response. This certainly did not seem like the typical statement of requirements for a data protection solution! I’ve been in data and network security for nearly […]
It's no longer only the concern of governments and corporations: encryption is both lock and key to cybersecurity across a range of organizations, of all sizes. In 2016, the Ponemon Institute calculated the average total cost of a data breach to be $4 million. The next two years sees the chances of 10,000 lost or […]
